Just dropped a new article over on my Substack, examining star ratings for books and why they need to go away. Come take a look! hawkinswrites.substack.com/p/the-knight...

The Knight, the Drug Lord, and Why Star Ratings Need to Die

It's time to move on from Amazon-style reviews

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Today’s chalkboard art at Ghoulish Books. “Fix your hearts or die”

If you do only one thing tomorrow, go to a No Kings rally. But, if you do TWO things tomorrow, join me at the Spooky Frog Book Fair in Brookfield, Wisconsin! I'll be there with a bunch of fantastic authors and artists, signing stuff and talking about horror. Hope to see you there!

Decided to start watching Dark Shadows from the very beginning. So it's only, oh, 100 hours or so before Barnabus Collins shows up. Send snacks.

a black and white photo of a group of people standing next to each other in a dark room .

ALT: a black and white photo of a group of people standing next to each other in a dark room .

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Little did I know at the time that Bugs Bunny would be my gateway drug to classic cinema.

My books are in the window of a Barnes & Noble! That’s some writer bucket list stuff right there!

Yeah, I know it’s Texas Chainsaw day. I’m watching this, though.

I almost forgot it was Prime Day.

I've been writing about dismemberment a lot lately. Trying not to read too much into that.

two knights are standing in the woods and one of them is saying i 've had worse .

ALT: two knights are standing in the woods and one of them is saying i 've had worse .

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Me: Sinners is a beautifully realized film that lingers in the imagination long after the credits roll, and a prime example of the emotional and narrative depths that the horror genre is capable of. Also me: Sinners is fancy From Dusk Til Dawn.

Ah yes, the It's-Not-Sunday-But-It-Still-Feels-Like-Sunday Malaise. Welcome back, my old friend.

Everyone still have all their fingers? Yes? Good.

RED LINE: CHICAGO HORROR STORIES author interview! Christopher Hawkins (@christopherhawkins.bsky.social) and Tina Jenkins Bell discuss their stories in the forthcoming anthology. youtu.be/WkQr9DoMB8s

Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories author interview: Tina Jenkins Bell and Christopher Hawkins

YouTube video by From Beyond Press

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Dear England: is it too late to say ‘sike’?

You are not Herbert. We reach.

Okay, horror fans! The Motel Sick anthology (featuring a story called "Gideons" by yours truly) just launched today, and it is SIX DOLLARS away from funding! You could put it over the top RIGHT NOW! Go for it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...

Stories From The Motel Sick

A genre-bending anthology about a metaphysical motel featuring rooms with every possible theme in the universe

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If Casino Royale was set in the US, they’d have to call it Casino Quarter Pounder.

Closed out my first ever book tour in epic fashion on Wednesday with Sam from Spooky Frog Events at Boswell bookstore in Milwaukee. Thanks to everyone who came out and huge thanks to the amazing Boswell staff!

Finally remembering to post my Stokercon haul. Lots of treasure, including a new signed RPG, a signed unbound proof, a signed comic, more signed books, and a puzzle (sadly not signed).

Valley of Gwangi for five bucks on digital? Why, yes. Don't mind if I do. #RayHarryhausen

Heading out to Milwaukee in a few mins. The event starts at 6:30. Hope to see you there!

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WEDNESDAY! Join me at @boswellbooks.bsky.social in Milwaukee. I'll be talking about I Contain Multitudes with Samantha Loehe from SpookyFrog, signing books and mending Wisconsin-Illinois relations. History in the making! Be there! www.boswellbooks.com/opening-lett...

Very proud of my town today. Also, taking pictures of a flag raising is hard. #pridemonth

That Paul Simon line, "Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard" is hitting strangely hard today. Trying not to read too much into that.

WEDNESDAY! Join me at @boswellbooks.bsky.social in Milwaukee. I'll be talking about I Contain Multitudes with Samantha Loehe from SpookyFrog, signing books and mending Wisconsin-Illinois relations. History in the making! Be there! www.boswellbooks.com/opening-lett...

Had to pull back a bit after Stokercon. Five nights with little sleep and driving over 1700 miles, it turns out, can take a toll. But I had a fantastic time hanging out with friends, idols, and just generally awesome people. Can't wait for next year!

On this, the 50th anniversary of the Spielberg classic Jaws, we still do not know who the paint-happy bastards were who deliberately mutilated this important public service message. Did Brody ever catch them? Were they ever hung up by their Buster Browns? Why are they hiding the truth from us?

Some of you haven't seen the 1997 classic MouseHunt, and it really shows.

Last breakfast in Stamford. Bold of them to assume that I’m adult enough to be trusted with that much hollandaise. I WILL abuse this power.

Sat on on a great Stokercon panel about 80s kindertrauma with Robert Ottone, Jamie Flanagan, Katharine Silva, Logan Alexander Johnson, Alysa’s Alesia, and Ann Davila Cardinal. Nostalgia and lasting psychological damage! Fantastic!